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Aug 11, 2017 · The Only Living Boy in New York. Glenn Kenny August 11, 2017. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. “Something’s missing and we all feel it,” Jeff Bridges narrates over some twee line-drawing animation illustrating that New York ain’t what it used to be back in the day when they were making “ Taxi Driver ” here.
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- Overall: Negative
It all begins with Mimi (Kiersey Clemons[note]The main reason I decided to not wait a few weeks to see if this film would come to Jersey. If not wait for it to come on Amazon Prime a few months down the line[/note]) rejecting Thomas (Callum Turner). He thinks she is perfect for him but she isn’t into him like that. This rejection messes him up to t...
The Twist Toward The End of the Movie
As you can imagine, some random old man like Julien just popping into a kid like Thomas’ life is both weird and normal. Weird since, even in New York, I would think stranger danger would be a serious thing. Especially since Julien presents himself as a weird alcoholic. Yet, being that this film is a coming of age tale, who ever heard of one of those without an eccentric old man involved? However, as we get to know Julien, also referenced as W.F. Gerald, and learn his true connection to Thomas...
The Inclusion of Johanna
In the grand scheme of things, if you subtract Johanna and just focus on Ethan and Judith’s unhappy marriage, Thomas dealing with Mimi’s rejection, and how Julien plays into all that, you get a decent movie. However, with the inclusion of Johanna, you get this ridiculous tale in which Johanna seemingly seduces Thomas as he is trying to get this woman to leave his dad alone. Yet, something about her charms him to the point of not only kissing her but repeatedly having sex with her, and even fa...
Dialog Masturbation
While I will admit I can be verbose, this movie takes the cake. Between Julien, Thomas, and the rest of bourgeois characters, it seems the movie is more about hearing people talk about themselves or others than having real conversations. A problem which does get fixed with Julien’s reveal, but that doesn’t come until there are about 30 or so minutes left in the movie. Meaning, for an hour, between Johanna’s nonsense and word porn, you are sitting in a theater tempted to check a device for how...
The Relationship Between Mimi and Thomas
I don’t know why but something about Kiersey Clemons just doesn’t read basic love interest. She is attractive and you can imagine her being someone’s girlfriend or wife in a movie, but her playing the object of someone’s affection seems off. Which makes me glad there is a strong push by Mimi for them, her and Thomas, to just be friends. Mostly because Clemons makes it seem that there is no romantic or sexual chemistry there. Helping you to understand that while there might have been a one-nig...
This film likely isn’t ever going to open wide so you’ll have to go the distance to see this. Because of that, let me be clear the extra you’ll have to pay isn’t worth it. The Only Living Boy in New Yorkis an indie film catered to New Yorkers. The kind who, perhaps, are the which hipsters and bourgeois who speak on their nostalgia for what New York...
Aug 10, 2017 · By Jeannette Catsoulis. Aug. 10, 2017. A wide-open goal post for accusations of triteness and affectation, Marc Webb ’s “The Only Living Boy in New York” dares us to score the second we hear Jeff...
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Aug 5, 2017 · Film Review: ‘The Only Living Boy in New York’. Marc Webb's new movie is a likable 'Graduate Lite' about an acerbic rebel preppie having an affair with his father's...
Aug 9, 2017 · Actually, it’s a film about the mating habits of super rich literary bohemians living the highlife in Manhattan, a species not yet extinct but so rare at this point in the 21st century that...
Aug 11, 2017 · After graduating from college and moving into an apartment, young Thomas Webb befriends an alcoholic neighbor who dispenses worldly wisdom alongside shots of whiskey. Webb's...
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The Only Living Boy in New York: Directed by Marc Webb. With Callum Turner, Jeff Bridges, Kate Beckinsale, Pierce Brosnan. Adrift in New York City, a recent college graduate's life is upended by his father's mistress.
